The Poetical Works of Henry Brooke ... In Four Volumes Octavo. Revised and corrected by the Original Manuscript With a Portrait of the Author, and His Life By Miss Brooke. The Third Edition |
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AIR XII.
Justice.But we to Nature who adhere, nor farther bliss require,
To lop the root of all our care, we lop each vain desire.
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We ask no Cynic law, nor saw, nor scrolls of bearded men;For Nature's the most learned book that Innocence can ken.
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To baffle want, and sweeten toil, from debt and danger free;We learn instruction from the Ant, and the industrious Bee.
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From Dogs we learn unfailing faith, affection from the Dove;And from the Hen, who guards her Chick, a Parent's circling love.
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And last, we, to all bounteous Heaven, our daily tribute yield;Taught by the fragrant incense breath'd from every grateful field.
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